India is in tumult after the government passed reforms that cut certain subsidies and loosened up controls on foreign investment entering the country, paving the way for big multi-brand retail chains like Walmart entering the market.

India is in tumult after the government passed reforms that cut certain subsidies and loosened up controls on foreign investment entering the country, paving the way for big multi-brand retail chains like Walmart entering the market. Allies have threatened to abandon Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s ruling coalition, while opposition parties and activists took part in a nationwide strike against the reforms on Sept. 20 that saw protests and arrests in many of India’s major metropolises.